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Category: Japan

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  • Japan

Japan needs steep emissions cuts from 2030, energy reforms for 2050 climate goal: IEA

 Japan needs steep emission reductions as soon as possible, and latest from 2030 onwards, to meet its 2050 net zero carbon targets, along with accelerated gas and power market reforms Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Hydrogen
  • Japan

Toyota’s New Fuel Cell Module Could Be A Gamechanger For Hydrogen

Toyota Motor Corporation has developed a fuel cell system module and looks to start selling it after the spring this year in a bid to promote hydrogen use and help Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Hydrogen
  • Japan

Japan’s liquefied hydrogen transport from Australia likely to take place July-August

Japan’s transport of liquefied hydrogen from Australia, which will be the first in the world, now looks to be taking place around July-August from a previous target of end-March because Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • Japan

AstraZeneca files for Japan approval of COVID-19 vaccine, second after Pfizer treatment

Drugmaker AstraZeneca PLC said on Friday it had applied for approval in Japan of its COVID-19 vaccine, making it the second pharmaceutical firm to do so after Pfizer Inc. The Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Cold spell drives Japan LPG imports until Feb to meet city gas supply for heating

Japan’s cold spell has stoked LPG demand in city gas supply for heating, boosting imports until February, though this might not last until March, trade sources said. Receive daily email Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan’s Sumitomo eyes green hydrogen output in Australia’s Gladstone in 2023

japan’s Sumitomo has moved forward in its planned green hydrogen project in Gladstone, Australia, following the signing of a front end engineering and design contract with JGC Holdings, with an Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • Japan

Japan declares state of emergency for Tokyo area as COVID-19 cases surge

Japan declared a one-month state of emergency in the capital, Tokyo, and three neighbouring prefectures on Thursday to stem the spread of coronavirus infections, as new daily cases surged to Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Ammonia
  • Japan
  • Russia

Japanese, Russian companies partner on feasibility study of blue ammonia value chain between eastern Siberia & Japan

Toyo Engineering Corporation and Irkutsk Oil Company (IOC), Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), and Itochu Corporation are partnering on a joint feasibility study of a blue ammonia Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Japan
  • Vietnam

Japan Approves Funding for Vietnam Coal Power Plant, Risking Green Group Critics – Bloomberg

Japan approved a plan to help finance a long-planned coal power plant in Vietnam, despite the government’s pledge to curb overseas investments in dirtier technology and cut emissions at home. The Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • Japan

Toyota launches C+pod ultra-compact battery electric vehicle in Japan

Toyota Motor Corporation announced a limited launch of the C+pod ultra-compact battery electric vehicle (BEV) to corporate users, local governments and other organizations that have been exploring new options to Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Hydrogen
  • Japan

Japan to enter new era of hydrogen in 2021 with launch of liquefied transport

Japan is set to enter new era of hydrogen development in 2021 as it launches the world’s first transport of liquefied hydrogen from Australia, a key step forward in the Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Japan

Japan slammed by up to 7 feet of snow, stranding 1,000 motorists

While parts of the northeastern United States were getting buried by more than three feet (or around a meter) of snow this week, the high terrain of Japan dealt with about Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan launches oil, gas policy reviews for decarbonization

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry on Dec. 8 launched a series of oil and gas policy reviews to help meet its 2050 carbon-neutral target while ensuring a stable Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan to introduce ammonia for thermal power, shipping fuels in late 2020s

Highlights Significant amount of ammonia to be used as fuel by 2030 Discussions with the US, Australia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, IEA Developing fuel ammonia supply chain for introduction Tokyo — Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Sony warns it could move factories over Japanese energy policy

Sony has warned the Japanese government it may have to shift manufacturing out of the country unless rules on renewable energy are relaxed, as it tries to meet the green Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan Could Restart Nuclear Reactor Damaged In 2011 Disaster

A local governor in Japan has approved plans from utility Tohoku Electric Power to restart one of its nuclear reactors that was damaged in the 2011 earthquake and the following Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Coal
  • Japan

Toshiba Will Quit Coal Only After Building More Plants

Toshiba Corp. said it will stop taking orders for new coal-fired power plants as it makes a wider push to embrace renewable energy, though it will still complete work on Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan Eyes Replacing Oil With Hydrogen Amid Carbon Neutral Push

Tucked into a port in western Japan sits a spherical tank that may soon hold the country’s energy future. The import terminal in the city of Kobe, is slated to Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Hydrogen
  • Japan

Japan Eyes Replacing Oil With Hydrogen Amid Carbon Neutral Push

Tucked into a port in western Japan sits a spherical tank that may soon hold the country’s energy future. The import terminal in the city of Kobe, is slated to Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan’s Net Zero Plan Hits Speed Bump as Small Utilities Balk

Japan’s pledge to be a net-zero greenhouse gas emitter by 2050 is running into headwinds: smaller power utilities addicted to coal and natural gas. Regional electricity providers including Hokkaido Electric Power Co. and Shikoku Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan’s New Leader Sets Ambitious Goal of Carbon Neutrality by 2050

Japan will be carbon neutral by 2050, its prime minister said on Monday, making an ambitious pledge to sharply accelerate the country’s global warming targets, even as it plans to Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Greenpeace Claims Fukushima Water Release Could Change Human DNA

Contaminated water that could soon be released into the sea from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant contains radioactive carbon with the potential to damage human DNA, environmental rights organization Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Japan

Suga Pledges Carbon Neutral Japan by 2050 in Policy Speech

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga set an ambitious target for his country to become carbon neutral by 2050 in his first policy speech to parliament since taking office as premier Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan to Use Wind, Batteries to Meet Lofty 2050 Carbon Goal

Japan will promote the use of offshore wind generation and battery storage in its new effort to become carbon neutral by 2050, according to a government official, indicating how the Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan Set To Release Radioactive Fukushima Water Into The Sea

Japan will release a million tons of water used in the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, the BBC has reported , citing Japanese media. The reports add that Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan to release Fukushima’s contaminated water into sea: reports

Nearly a decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan’s government has decided to release contaminated water from the destroyed plant into the sea, media reports said on Friday, with a Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan
  • South Korea

Typhoon Haishen threatens Korea after battering Japan

South Korea hunkered down as Typhoon Haishen travelled northwards along the country’s east coast on Monday, a day after the powerful storm battered Japan’s southern islands where four people are Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

JAPAN DATA: July crude imports tumble to lowest for month in 53 years amid pandemic

Japan’s crude oil imports during the peak summer demand season in July tumbled to their lowest level for the month in more than five decades, a stern reminder to major Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Japan

Japan ties national heat record as Hamamatsu hits 106 degrees

Temperatures soared into the triple digits and tied a national record in Japan on Monday, part of a sweltering heat wave that has swallowed the archipelago. Hamamatsu, a coastal city Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan’s Economy in Deep Hole After Second-Quarter Plunge

Japan’s economy shrank slightly less in the April-June quarter than that of the U.S., but economists said it still had a long way to go before recovering from the coronavirus Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan’s Economy Set to Crater by a Record in Awful Quarter

Japan’s pandemic-hit economy shrank last quarter by the most in records going back to 1955, official data is set to show Monday, with a resurgence of the virus threatening to Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Toyota’s profit plunges as pandemic halves vehicle sales

Toyota’s profit plunged 74% in the last quarter as the coronavirus pandemic sank vehicle sales to about half of what the top Japanese automaker sold the previous year. Toyota Motor Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Coal
  • Japan

A Giant New Coal Plant Helped Boost This Japan Utility’s Sales

How does a utility make money in the midst of one of the worst hits to power demand in modern history? By burning a little coal. At least, that’s what Kyushu Electric Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

JAPAN DATA: Crude imports hit 54-year low on pandemic, non-Mideast oil squeezed out

Japan’s crude imports plunged 31% year on year to 1.91 million b/d in June, the lowest for the month in 54 years, as refiners slashed their crude throughput because of Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Jul 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan
  • LNG
  • Russia

Russia’s Novatek ships first LNG cargo to Japan eastbound via Northern Sea Route

Russian LNG producer Novatek said July 24 it had shipped its first cargo from the Yamal LNG project to Japan eastbound via the Northern Sea Route, giving the company scope Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jul 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan’s May crude imports fall to 53-year low as COVID-19 cuts oil demand

Japan’s crude imports dropped 25% year on year to 2.28 million b/d in May, the lowest for the month in 53 years as refiners had slashed their crude throughput in Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan automakers’ May global sales drop 38% as lockdowns weigh

Japanese automakers’ global sales declined 38% in May, in the third straight month of big falls as most automotive factories and dealerships remained closed due to coronavirus lockdowns. The country’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Hydrogen
  • Japan

Japan scientists develop new catalyst capable of assisting three different key hydrogen reactions

Scientists from Kyushu University and Kumamoto University in Japan have developed a new catalyst capable of assisting three key reactions for using hydrogen in energy and industry. Inspired by three Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan’s Tepco Plans $18 Billion Green Power Push by 2030

The renewable power unit of Japan’s biggest utility plans to spend more than 2 trillion yen ($18 billion) over the next 10 years to boost its green generation by as Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan braces for worst postwar economic slump, pandemic tests policy response

Japan’s economy braced for its worst postwar slump even as first-quarter GDP contracted less than initially thought, as the cornonavirus crisis slams the brakes on global growth and raises pressure Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan Says Economy Worsening Rapidly Even as Shutdowns Ease

Japan’s government maintained its view that the economy continues to worsen sharply even as a nationwide state of emergency was lifted this week allowing businesses to start the slow process Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 May 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan’s May gasoline demand at 37-year-low, slow demand recovery in sight

Japan’s estimated gasoline demand in May fell to the lowest monthly level in 37 years as consumers refrained from traveling at the beginning of the month, a period when driving Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 May 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan seen facing 13 mil barrels of crude surplus over demand in June

At least one refiner considering delaying June loading term cargoes Domestic sales dropping 20% from COVID-19 Refiners at dilemma despite low oil price Japan could see roughly 13 million barrels Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Economy
  • Japan

Japan March factory output, retail sales seen falling at sharper rate as virus hits: Reuters poll

Both Japan’s factory output and retail sales likely fell at a sharper pace in March as the coronavirus pandemic weighed more heavily across the broader economy, a Reuters poll showed. Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • Japan

Japan urges citizens to isolate as reports warn of 400,000 deaths

Japan urged its citizens on Wednesday to stay home, as media reports warned that as many as 400,000 of them could die of the coronavirus without urgent action, and Prime Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • Japan

Japan Declared a Coronavirus Emergency. Is It Too Late?

For months, Japan has confounded the world by reporting a relatively low rate of coronavirus infections without imposing the kind of stringent measures used by other nations. As the country Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • Japan

Trains full on first day of Japan’s coronavirus emergency, but some shops shut

Commuters heading to work packed into trains in the Japanese capital on Wednesday, the first day of a state of emergency aimed at containing the coronavirus outbreak, with some expressing Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan’s Golden Week gasoline demand recovery at risk with state of emergency

Hopes for a gasoline demand recovery during Japan’s Golden Week holiday are being thwarted as the government prepares to declare a state of emergency later Tuesday in a bid to Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Running out of beds and gear, Tokyo medical staff say Japan’s ‘state of emergency’ already here

As Japan faces a fresh wave of coronavirus infections and the government prepares for a state of emergency, medical staff say a shortage of beds and a rise in cases Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan PM to declare state of emergency of up to 6 months

Japan will declare a state of emergency as early as Tuesday in a bid to stop the coronavirus, media reported, with the government preparing a stimulus package to soften the Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple

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